Trump PAC did not use any of the $ 75 million raised this year to help fund election audits: report

Old President TrumpDonald TrumpCaitlyn Jenner vows to back Trump if he makes another White House offer Biden says he doesn’t want voting rights ‘wrapped up’ in filibuster debate The Club for Growth’s attacks Cheney in commercial, compares her to Clinton MOREPAC leadership has yet to use any of the roughly $ 75 million raised to help fund election reviews, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

The PAC was formed after the 2020 election to help fund the Trump team’s efforts to challenge the results.

Still, people familiar with PAC finances told the media outlet that the committee kept much of the money, while some was used to pay for some of Trump’s expenses, including travel expenses and justice, as well as staff remuneration.

The PAC, which will have to publicly disclose its fundraising and spending for the first half of the year by July 31, previously reported in The Federal Election Commission said earlier this year it had raised nearly $ 31.2 million by the end of 2020.

The details shared by the sources, who spoke to the Post on condition of anonymity to describe the group’s finances, come as Trump continued to make false allegations of stolen elections in 2020 and, through his PAC, sent reports. statements supporting election audits, including the current one in Maricopa County, Arizona.

“There has been no victory here, nor in any of the Swing States either,” the former president wrote in one of the messages shared by the Save America PAC.

The president is due to speak this Saturday at an event in Phoenix, entitled “Protect our Elections Rally”, organized by the conservative group Turning Point Action, founded by Charlie Kirk.

While the GOP-dominated Arizona Senate has said it will provide taxpayer spending $ 150,000 for the audit, the actual costs are expected to be much higher, with the rest covered by private donations.

The Post reported Thursday that a spokeswoman for Trump had not answered questions about the finances of the PAC and whether it plans to fund any ballot review efforts.

The Hill has reached out to Trump representatives for comment.

A monday OH Predictive Insights survey found that 62% of Arizona Republicans believe Trump will receive more votes for the 2020 election after the state audit is completed, despite the fact that no evidence has emerged to support the claims of Trump of widespread fraud.

Republicans in other states have followed Arizona in initiating or proposing recounts, including Texas, where a group of state GOP lawmakers introduced legislation this week call for hiring of an external expert to carry out a forensic audit of counties with more than 415,000 inhabitants.

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Secretary Veronica Degraffenreid said on Tuesday that one county’s voting machines that had been subjected to an audit were decertified as a result of the investigation.